Welcome to "The Door" - Blog Notes of Mike Morgan, Councilmember, City of Trinidad, CA

My Blog, will help me learn more about issues important to you, and how you feel about issues important to me. My personal site receives no funding from the City. I am committed to an open and transparent government process - all files here will be public, stored only at Blogger.com and this Gmail account. I won't publish/share private addresses, but they may be subject to legal disclosure.

"Long before The Bucket List and 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, we sought to showcase those treasured destinations that every curious traveler should visit in a lifetime.

Now, in Traveler's 25th-anniversary year, we recognize the first 50 places and offer another 50 that speak to the transformation of travel since 1999--how we travel, where we travel, why we travel. Ten years ago, we could see the emerging signs of a new kind of journeying--one that puts a premium on sense of place, authenticity, culture, sustainability, and experience rather than mere sightseeing."

1 comment:

Nice to see your area getting more exposure. Your region certainly has more room for extra visitors.

It would be nice if more businesses in your neck of the woods had websites, or upgraded to regular sites. That's one way I browse for local resources myself. In fact, the Emerald Forest site enabled local restaurants to gain me as a customer, via a chain of referral word of mouth. How much better if all uploaded their information with a URL. Someone should host a morning or evening talk someday for business owners there explaining how sites help represent the community as a whole.

Either way, it's a fine small town to visit. Hope to dine there this winter again.

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About Mike

Born August 5, 1964 in Montana, adopted and raised by middle-class parents in the SF Bay Area, California, I experienced the ups and downs inherent in relationships, and learned an important value from my Dad along the way - "any job worth doing, is worth doing well".

My life has been more about luck than any plan I've set - though my mother has taught me that spiritually, we make our own luck. In San Francisco, my second favorite city after Trinidad, I had a successful career as an Art Director, Graphic Design. I also built my first house. I'm grateful for the many amazing and inspiring people I met along the way to Trinidad.

Retired for 13 years, Trinidad keeps me busy with new roles - purchasing and remodeling the town's B&B, back to school for Emergency Medical and Fire Service for our Trinidad VFD, working on the Greater Trinidad Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and running meetings for the past few years as Planning Commission Chairman.

As a City Councilmember, I've started my newest job with a renewed commitment to one of my favorite values, and with gratitude for my inspiration - this one is worth doing really well Dad.